: Re: What devices support reading scanned PDF documents well? To focus, please assume I care only about one thing: The experience of reading "side loaded," scanned PDF files of books downloaded off

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I've used multiple devices to read scanned PDFs, including iPad, Android phone, and Sony e-ink reader. The biggest problem is that the font in scanned PDFs can't be resized, and the text doesn't reflow. On a small device, such as a phone or pocket e-reader, you need to zoom in and then pan across the page. Reading is difficult in this situation, and can be exacerbated when the scanned document consists of two sequential pages.

The e-ink reader was terrible and I stopped using it for this type of document, despite being my reader of choice at the time. The phone was marginally better, as moving the page around was faster and easier. The iPad worked well.

Ideally, I would aim for a device that can hold at least the full width of the page on one screen and still be comfortable to read without further zooming.

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